Newt in 2012?

By Jon Cohen
Newt Gingrich, who hinted at a possible 2012 presidential run at a Thursday talk in Ashland, would likely start around the middle of the pack of the better-known GOP contenders.

In a Gallup poll after the November election, Republicans and GOP-leaning independents split evenly on the question of whether the former speaker should seek their party's nomination: 47 percent said they'd like to see him run, 47 percent would prefer he sit out.

Just after Gingrich resigned as speaker following sizable GOP loses in 1998, 58 percent of all Americans in an ABC News poll disapproved of Gingrich's job performance and 70 percent said he was right to step down. Nonetheless, 56 percent in that same poll said the Georgia congressman had been a "successful" leader in the House.

In Gallup's poll of GOP-leaners a decade later, 2008 hopefuls Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee both fared far better than Gingrich when looking ahead to the next presidential election. Ahead of the pack, though, was GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin; 67 percent said they'd like to see her in the race.

The latest national read on Gingrich is from a November Democracy Corps poll showing 23 percent of all voters with "warm" feelings toward Gingrich; 41 percent fell into that designation regarding Sarah Palin.

Well, well, well...another day, another problem and another embarrassment for the American people. Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of England, (our great friends and ally) receives snubs in more than way...

Brown came bearing gifts to the Obama's. a pen holder, which came from the oak of the HMS Gannet, a naval ship that served during antislavery trips to Africa...a very thoughtful and symbolic gift.

The next gift, the framed commission of the ship that symbolized our friendship with our ally - the U.S.S. Resolute (yes, the desk in the President's office is made from that wood --remember National Treasure).

Last, but not least, Gordon Brown presented Obama with the FIRST EDITION of Martin Gilbert's seven volume biography of Winston Churchill. All gifts are priceless are literally priceless to my way of thinking.

What does Obama give in return as a lovely parting gift? 25 classic American movies. Total cost approximately $200.

HELLLLLOOOOOO! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? There is no decorum in this White House. There is no common sense in this White House.

Then there's the one about Hillary and the Russians...the rest button that actually translated to "overcharged".

What a total embarrassment to the American people. Every day that comes around there is something WRONG. No wonder the stock market won't come up...it's too embarrassed.